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      10 days ago

      Oh my bad I somehow thought this was a reply to something else. That aside Platner’s whole thing was “I sucked but I’m better now;” making edgy comments on Reddit is specifically something he acknowledges and claims he grew from. That’s the fundamental assumption behind backing him, so dredging up more dirt on him from the time period where he acknowledges he was a dipshit isn’t exactly convincing.

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        10 days ago

        His comments were along the lines of blaming rape victims for being raped. This story right here shows that he didn’t grow from it, these are the things he actually believes.

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          10 days ago

          I mean maybe but also that’s not the point? As I said, this accusation (still not proven) came after he won the primary. It’s not something anyone could’ve known before that, so using it as a gotcha against progressive who got him the nomination doesn’t make sense.

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            10 days ago

            This isn’t the first accusation, he has an extensive history of commenting things like rape victims are to blame for being raped, and worked as a mercenary in Afghanistan.

            Don’t tell me this is something no one could have known about.